Law Day Reflections on International Justice and Peace
An editorial argues that only law can ensure peaceful dispute resolution within nations and between states. It notes Soviet Russia canceled its saber rattling parade, praises international law as a path to lasting peace, and suggests an international court could resolve Middle East issues if major powers would relinquish some veto power.
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Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Middle East
Israel
Suez Canal
Italy Freezes Skyjacker Minichello After Parole Favorable
Italy pardons and frees Raffaele Minichello, the American VietNam veteran who hijacked a TWA flight from Los Angeles to Rome in 1969. He will be released May 1 after 18 months in prison, becoming a folk figure while facing possible death penalty if he returns to Seattle. Public anger over hijackings remains high as calls for swift extradition and stronger aviation security grow.
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Italy
Raffaele Minichello
TWA
Los Angeles
Rome
Minichello
Collisiues
Raffaele
Seattle
Drive License Dilemma Turns Purchases Into Trials
Joy Stilley humorously recalls how lacking a driver's license can transform simple shopping into a bureaucratic ordeal. She notes the pervasive use of numeric IDs while admitting the absurdity of needing a license to prove trustworthiness when her many other numbers fail to satisfy store clerks.
Timely Quotes On Hard Roads And Unity From Public Figures
A collection of quotes from Vice President Agnew about Vietnam withdrawal, Prime Minister Heath on the European Common Market bid, and Chief Justice Burger on school desegregation. The remarks touch on strategy, international politics, space views, and integration, reflecting Cold War era policy debates and social tensions.
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Moscow
Europe
Edward Heath
Britain
Tijuana Prison Becomes Modern Free Enterprise Hub
In a reforming jail in Tijuana officials promote humane treatment and prisoner run businesses. Robbers and heroin offenders work as cooks grocers bakers and shopkeepers with wages from $1.60 to $50 weekly. warden Antonio Martinez calls the system unique and stresses individual merit over force.
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Mexico
U.S
Chuck
Juan
Javier Gonzales Ramirez
Tijuana
Antonio Martinez
Martinez
Arturo Serrano
Paco
Baja California
Raul Sanchez Diaz
Serrano
Pen
Nixon Keeps Cool In Diplomacy With China
Nixon pursues patient diplomacy toward a U S Chinese rapprochement amid debate over Taiwan UN seating and a two China solution. Moscow watches as Peking seeks balance of power and a possible Indochina conference while Washington irons out postwar Southeast Asia strategy.
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United Nations
N.Y
NEA
Bismarck
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Taiwan
Red China
Peking
Fulbright
McGovern
North Vietnam
America
Red
Moscow
Kremlin
Mao Tsetung
Indochina
Geneva
France
Vietnam
China
Mao
United States
Soviet Union
Chou En-lai
Russia
Cambodia
Entfoprise Assn
Governors at Williamsburg doubt McCloskey could harm Nixon in 1972
A Williamsburg gathering of GOP governors yields little support for Rep Paul McCloskey as a presidential threat. They cite volatile politics, fear McCloskey’s antiwar stance fading, and warn Nixon’s incumbency remains strong despite some liberal critics. One analyst warns Nixon could overreact if pressed too hard.
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Williamsburg
Paul N
Pete) McCloskey
California
Nixon
Eugene McCarthy
Lyndon Johnson
GOP
John Love
Colorado
McCarthy
Francis Sargent
Massachusetts
William Milliken
Michigan
Virginia
Sen
Edward Brooke
Charles Percy
Illinois
Robert Ray
Iowa
Walter Peterson
New Hampshire
Stanley Hathaway
Wyoming
Linwood Holton
McCloskey
Singer
Agnew
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Joy Stilley
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
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Edgar D. Mitchell
Warren E. Burger
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Roberto
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